Skyscrapers – Pictures

Skyscrapers

Some call skyscrapers the epitome of human desire to reach the heavens, to keep pushing forward, upwards. Since the mythological times of the Tower of Babel, mankind has tried to touch the stars. With landmark buildings now approaching the height of 1km, our skylines dwarf the individual existence. Some of these man-made mountains house thousands of people, and shape their lives. The challenge for the builders remains: to let the individual breathe while lifting us higher and higher.

The skyscrapers of Shanghai shrouded in sunlight

Low-hanging clouds shroud two mega scyscrapers in Shanghai as the first light of the rising sun bounces off the sides of these man-made metal monsters, creating a most stunning interaction between the raw forces of nature and these pinnacles of human technology.

A lone welder illuminates a skyscraper at night

The last light: at a skyscraper construction sunken into darkness, a sole worker is lighting up the scene with his welding torch, signaling there is humanity left in this empty, soulless amassment of steel and concrete.

Trees and a Mushroom-shaped Skyscraper Reflecting

Shanghai skyscrapers fade into smog as pollution peaks

As seen from one of Shanghai's highest skyscrapers, smog is settling around the hundreds of highrises at sunset, reducing visibility to only a few kilometers and fading out the farther buildings into pervasive haze.

Shanghai's skyline gazed at by tourists at the Bund

Chinese tourists in particular are amazed by the futuristic skyline at the time-honoured Bund of Shanghai.

The Artist

Shanghai-based artist Chris Rayn explores urban transformation, the perennial change of nature and existential questions of the individual in one of the world's fastest-moving metropolises.
While drawing from the canvas of nature in authentic motives, his visual language is renowned for meticulous compositions, deep contrasts and rich colors.